Heating apparatus for vehicles.



No. 736,633. PATENTED AUG,.V18,`1903.

G. I'. RAY.' HEATING APPARATUS POR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED Dno.f24.l1 so'fz.

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Nirnn Patented August 18, 1903.

GABRlEL FRANKLIN RAY, OF MEEKER, COLORADO.

HEATING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,633, dated August18, y1903. Application filed December 24,1902. Serial No.136,489. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom, t pta/y] concern:

Be it known that 1, GABRIEL FRANKLIN RAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Meeker, in the county of Rio Blanco and State ofColorado, have invented a new and useful Heating Apparatus for Vehicles,of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to devices for heating vehicles, moreparticularly buggies, carriages, automobiles, sleighs, cutters, and thelike, and has for its object the production of a simply-constructed andeasily-operated and effective apparatus which may be applied to anyvehicle; and the invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in theclaims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which correspondingparts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of a vehiclefbody with the improvedapparatus applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 isan enlarged sectional detail of the burner and Wick-tube.

The device may be applied to any of the various constructions ofvehicles and for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to aconventional buggybody (indicated at 10) having a lloor 11.

The improved apparatus consists of a tubular member 12, located inposition to serve as a foot-rest and extending transversely of the oor11, as shown. The member 12 Will preferably be formed of sheet metal andof sufficient size and with depending tapering ends 13 14, engagingapertures through the floor of the vehicle, as shown in Fig. 2, thetapered form of said ends serving to securely bind them in the aperturesin the floor and prevent them sliding through the apertures in thefloor, whereby said ends perform the double function of outlets for thetube and supporting-legs for the foot-rest, no fastening means beingnecessary to secure the legs to the floor.

Depending centrally from the tubular member is a communicating shell 15,the lower end of the shell having a laterally-extended iange 16 forattaching it to the floor of the vehicle around an aperture 17 therein,as shown, so that a free communication is provided between the interiorof the member 12 and the space beneath the vehicle. Free communicationis thus provided between the member 12 and the space beneath the vehicleat both ends and centrally of the member 12. Located within the shell 15is the heater, preferably in the form of a burner 18, the burner adaptedto receive its supply of fuel from a reservoir 19 beneath the iioor ofthe vehicle, preferably at a point sufciently remote from the burner toavoid danger of ignition therefrom and connected to the burner by asuitable conduit 20, containing a Wick, (indicated at 21.) The reservoiris adapted to be supplied through an aperture closed by ascrew-plug22inthe floor 11. By this means the burner Will be constantly supplied Withfuel so long as any is contained in the reservoir. Any of the ordinaryliquid fuels may be employed; but preferably wood-alcohol will be usedfor this purpose. I The construction of the burner is shown more fullyin Fig.` 3, and consists of an interior wick-tube 23, threadedexternally, and an outer controlling-tube 24E, threaded internally andengaging the inner tube. The outer controlling-tube 24 is provided with-spaced perforations or vents 2S, and it Will be obvious that thenecessary supply of air will reach the wick 21 through these apertures,and the more fully they are uncovered` by raising the controller-tubethe larger will be the iiame, and, on the contrary, the 10W- ering ofthe tube will lessen the supply of air or entirely cut it off and causethe iame to burn out for lack of oxygen. This makes a very simple andeasily operated and controlled burner which meets all therequirementsfor a heating means and by its extreme simplicity can beeasily maintained in operative condition. The vertical movement of thecontroller-tube caused by its rotation upon the outer tube increasing ordecreasing the flame of the burner regulates its heating properties.

The shell 15 is provided With a lateral aperture covered by a closure 26to afford access tothe burner to light and regulate it, as will beobvious. The burner may thus be lighted and controlled from the interiorof the vehicle and Without stopping the vehicle or dismountingtherefrom.

The tubular member 12 may be of any desired size and of any desiredmaterial, but will preferably be of sheet metal as thin as consistentwith the strains to which it will be subjected, and the burner maylikewise be of any desired size or capacity to impart'the requisiteheat. v

By this simple arrangement a very free rapid circulation of the air isproduced, which causes a correspondingly free and rapid radiation fromthe tubular member, while all the gases and other volatile products ofthe combustion are carried o through the lateral portions 12 13 and Willnot enter the vehiclebody and annoy vthe passengers.

A perforated guard-screen 27 will preferably be placed over theradiating member to protect the feet of the passenger and likewiseprotect the lap-robes and prevent them from coming in direct contactwith the heated p0rtions of the device. If preferred, the guardscreenmay be lined `With asbestos or similar non-conducting material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1 l. In a heatingapparatus for vehicles, a tubular foot-rest having depending oppositeends, registering with openings in the bottom of the vehicle and formingsupports for the ends of the foot-rest and provided With-a tubular shelldepending centrally therefrom and attached to the floor of the vehiclearound an aperture therethrough, and a heating means Within said shell.

2. In a heating apparatus for vehicles, a v

tubular foot-rest having depending tapered ends fitting in apertures inthe floor of the vehicle, and provided with acommunicating f shelldepending centrally therefrom and attached to the door of avehiclearound an aperture therethrough, and a heating medium Within said shell.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afXed mysignature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GABRIEL FRANKLIN RAY. Witnesses:

A. P. HUBBARD, E. A. FULLER.

